Ahmed Said Ahmed

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Ahmed Said Ahmed
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Mogadishu
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender and midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VJS
Number 88
Youth career
0000 VJS
0000–2016 PK-35 Vantaa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 PK-35 Vantaa 11 (0)
2017 IF Gnistan 4 (0)
2017 Grankulla IFK 2 (0)
2018 NJS 8 (0)
2019 AC Kajaani 0 (0)
2019– VJS 13 (0)
International career‡
2019– Somalia 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:00, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:45, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Ahmed Said Ahmed (Somali : Axmed Siciid; born 4 July 1998) is a Somali professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kakkonen club VJS and the Somalia national team. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Club career

In 2015, Said Ahmed joined PK-35 Vantaa after playing in VJS's youth academy. Said Ahmed made one appearance for PK-35 in the 2015 Ykkönen, as the club gained promotion to the Veikkausliiga. Ahmed made ten appearances for PK-35 in the 2016 Veikkausliiga, as the club were relegated back to the Ykkönen. [6] During the 2017 Ykkönen season, Said Ahmed played for IF Gnistan and Grankulla IFK, making four and two appearances respectively. Ahead of the 2018 season, Said Ahmed signed for Kakkonen club NJS, making eight first team league appearances for the club. On 26 January 2019, Said Ahmed made a solitary appearance for AC Kajaani in a 4–1 Finnish Cup defeat against KTP, before joining VJS. [7]

International career

On 5 September 2019, Said Ahmed made his debut for Somalia in a 1–0 win against Zimbabwe, marking Somalia's first ever FIFA World Cup qualification victory. [8]

Personal life

Ahmed Said Ahmed is the brother of the footballer Abdulkadir Said Ahmed and the politician Suldaan Said Ahmed. [9]

He holds Finnish citizenship. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ahmed Said Ahmed tähtää korkealle – haaveissa pääsy pääsarjaan Englannissa tai Espanjassa". vantaansanomat.fi. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ahmed Said Ahmed pelaa nyt veljensä kanssa Somalian maajoukkueessa - "Unelmani tuli todeksi"". karjalainen.fi.
  3. ↑ "Ahmed Said Ahmedin elämän – MyPa-topparista tuli MM-karsintojen myötä "Valtameritähtien" luottopelaaja". kouvolansanomat.fi.
  4. ↑ "Ahmed Said Ahmedin eroamaan seurasta – Kahden passin jalkapalloilijan mukaan rasismiin törmää jatkuvasti suomalaisillakin kentillä". kouvolansanomat.fi.
  5. ↑ "Ahmed Said Ahmed - Suomi Futis article".
  6. ↑ "Said Ahmed: "Tämä antaa hyvin uskoa tulevaan"" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ahmed Said Ahmed" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Somalia vs. Zimbabwe". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Suomalainen, Tiina (1 November 2021). "Suldaan Said Ahmedin ykkösnainen on yksinhuoltajaäiti Ramla – kasvatti 11 lasta" (in Finnish). Anna. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ahmed Said Ahmed" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019. Kansallisuus: Suomi
  11. ↑ "#80 Said Ahmed, Ahmed" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019. Kansalaisuus FI


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